"Figure 12: Share of exports and imports of goods by Northern Irish businesses by broad economic category and destination","" "2016","" "","" "Notes","1. Products have been grouped into seven categories. The four categories of capital, consumption, intermediate and not classified are the broad categories used in the international classification known as [Broad Economic Categories (BEC)](https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/unsdclassifications) as compiled by the UN. The three categories of dairy, meat and beverages are derived from the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), which is a product classification of the UN used for international trade statistics. The values of dairy, meat and beverages would normally fall into the BEC category results, but they have been counted separately in this analysis. 2. Figures shown may not sum exactly to 100% due to rounding. " "Unit","%" "","" "Direction and destination of trade","Capital","Consumption","Intermediate","Dairy","Meat","Beverages","Not classified" "Exports to Republic of Ireland","11.0","26.9","36.8","9.9","6.6","6.9","1.9" "Exports to rest of the world","28.6","15.2","50.2","2.1","2.9","0.6","0.2" "Imports from Republic of Ireland","4.8","24.5","40.7","5.9","19.8","3.4","0.7" "Imports from rest of the world","14.6","25.2","55.2","0.5","3.1","1.2","0.1"